Tim Tebow has made more headlines than appearances on the field this season. The latest example: Former New York Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff blasted the way the team handled Tebow, calling it "an absolute mess" and a "distraction" during a radio interview on Friday.

Appearing on the Joe Rose Show on South Florida radio station 560 WQAM, Westhoff held nothing back.

"It was a mess," Westhoff said. "It was an absolute mess. You can say it however else you want it: It was really a mess. I was very, very disappointed."

"There are things that Tim Tebow, as an NFL quarterback ... he's very limited in some things. If you throw him right in the middle of a drop-back passing offense, he will look very, very average at best. But if you incorporate him in different facets of your offense, I think he can be a factor. That's what I felt we were going to do, but we never did it.

Westhoff explained that Tebow's original role on special teams was supposed to be much smaller than it eventually became.

"My role with him was really only to be like 1 percent," Westhoff said. "That's all I was thinking. Then when Eric Smith got hurt, I had to use him full time. I didn't have anyone. I was stuck. I lost two guys. Most of the stuff he did for me, he did outstanding. But it was supposed to only be a fraction and it ended up being his only role."

"To be honest, I don't think anybody has really answered that question: Why did we do it? I honestly don't know. I know we didn't practice it. We didn't practice it in training camp. We were going to unveil it. Well, I'm still waiting for the unveiling. And it didn't happen."

"It's very disappointing, but again, if you just say this is a quintessential NFL drop back quarterback, no he's not. He's just not. But if you use him in a lot of different facets, in my opinion, I think he's outstanding. If you do that. But we didn't do it. And it was a distraction and really a shame. Because that's a hard working young man if you ever saw one. Believe me."

Westhoff's comments are the latest chapter in a busy offseason. On Thursday, new Jaguars GM David Caldwell said he "can't imagine a scenario where Tim Tebow would be a Jacksonville Jaguar."